Category: Featured stories

KQED, October 19, 2015

In some of California’s most heavily Latino communities, going to school can be a health hazard.

The Nation, April 6, 2015

2015 AHCJ Award of Excellence, 3rd Place, Investigative Reporting. Finalist in IACP Culinary Trust Awards for Food Writing that Makes a Difference. Featured in The Open Notebook

The migratory population of monarch butterflies is plummeting and well-meaning efforts by enthusiasts may be contributing to its plight.

New York Times, Nov. 18, 2014

After watching too many soldiers confront a lifetime of scarring, Army surgeon Robert Hale is leading the charge to make facial reconstruction medicine ready for the wounds of 21st-century war.

Discover Magazine, September 2014

Winner of a 2014 Society of Professional Journalists NorCal Excellence in Journalism Award. Honorable Mention, ASJA’s Reporting on a Significant Topic Award, 2015

Notable, The Best American Science and Nature Writing

Washington Post, June 17, 2014

A simple fix to the Golden Gate Bridge would save hundreds of lives.

Slate, Oct. 15, 2013

Winner of ASJA award for best op-ed, 2014

Could a mining project jeopardize the largest gathering of eagles on Earth?

High Country News, May 29, 2013

Mounting evidence in animals and humans links flame retardants to multiple health effects, as studies fail to find additional fire safety benefit from using the chemicals in consumer products.

Washington Post, April 15, 2013

After federal wildlife officials removed protections on wolves in the Rocky Mountains, hunters quickly killed them by the hundreds. If California’s lone wolf leaves the state, he could meet a similar fate.

KQED QUEST, January 23, 2013

When soldiers sustain injuries to the face, they struggle to reclaim the traits we recognize as human.

Being Human launch, September 2012